Computer organization and design : the hardware/software interface /

Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface presents the interaction between hardware and software at a variety of levels, which offers a framework for understanding the fundamentals of computing. This book focuses on the concepts that are the basis for computers. Organized int...

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Main Authors: Hennessy, John L.
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Patterson, David A.
Published: Morgan Kaufmann,
Publisher Address: San Mateo, Calif. :
Publication Dates: 1994.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781483207759
Summary: Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface presents the interaction between hardware and software at a variety of levels, which offers a framework for understanding the fundamentals of computing. This book focuses on the concepts that are the basis for computers. Organized into nine chapters, this book begins with an overview of the computer revolution. This text then explains the concepts and algorithms used in modern computer arithmetic. Other chapters consider the abstractions and concepts in memory hierarchies by starting with the simplest possible cache. This book discusses as well the complete data path and control for a processor. The final chapter deals with the exploitation of parallel machines. This book is a valuable resource for students in computer science and engineering. Readers with backgrounds in assembly language and logic design who want to learn how to design a computer or understand how a system works will also find this book useful.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxiv, 648, [203] pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483207759
1483207757
9781483221182
1483221180
Index Number: QA76
CLC: TP303
Contents: Computer abstractions and technology -- The role of performance -- Instructions : language of the machine -- Arithmetic for computers -- The processor : datapath and control -- Enhancing performance with pipelining -- Large and fast : exploiting memory hierarchy -- Interfacing processors and peripherals -- Parallel processors -- Appendices. Assemblers, linkers and the SPIM simulator / James R. Larus ; The basics of logic design ; Mapping control to hardware ; Introducing C to Pascal programmers ; Another approach to instruction set architecture : VAX.